Caregiver report of executive functioning in a population-based sample of young children with Down syndrome

American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 290-304

  Lee, Nancy Raitano ^a   Fidler, Deborah J ^b   Blakeley Smith, Audrey ^a   Daunhauer, Lisa ^b   Robinson, Cordelia ^a   Hepburn, Susan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; DOWN SYNDROME; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

AGE FACTORS; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOWN SYNDROME; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 80053165556     PISSN: 19447558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/1944-7558-116.4.290     Document Type: Article

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